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I'm probably totally wrong on this, but wasn't the deal the UK made over Hong Kong with the Republic of China and not the horrible People's Republic, which I don't even classify as a country btw. Wouldn't it just be the biggest slap in the face if the UK handed Hong Kong over to Taiwan instead of China?

Wikipedia wrote:Hong Kong's territory was acquired from three separate treaties: the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, and The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898, which gave the United Kingdom the control of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon (area south of Boundary Street), and the New Territories (area north of Boundary Street and south of the Shenzhen River, and outlying islands), respectively.

Those treaties date back to Imperial Qing Dynasty China.

The ROC came into being 1 Jan 1912.

If it weren't for the Taiwan Strait, the ROC wouldn't exist today. How much sense would it make to hop across the water and stick a finger in the eye of the PRC?

Chris wrote:Why did the UK not simply keep Hong Kong? After all, the treaty was with the Qing government, which is no more.

I assume treaties are inherited by successive governments. Had it been before the 70s, it might have well been the ROC government, as they were the recognised successor to the Qing dynasty at the time, and ROC does own the original treaty.

Just last week I was working on the archives of that era. Fascinating stuff, with the ROC really staking a claim on HK.

Lo urgente no deja tiempo para lo importante. Mafalda.

None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There’s no time for anything else.

See I always wonder what would happen if the world decided to recognise the ROC's claim as the rulers of China. I also wonder what it would take to make the PRC collapse and get a good government in power instead of the horrible people that are there now who torture their citizens on a daily basis.

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